My Steps to $100 Billion

How to Quickly Set up Your Wordpress Blog The Right Way

The reason I’m writing this guide is because I couldn’t find any like it. All the other guides don’t tell me the plugins I need, they don’t tell me how to optimize my blog for SEO and they overall give bad recommendations.

I’m not saying this guide is perfect, but it is how I would set up my own blogs.

Domain Name

If you want people to remember your blog you need to have an easy name. Think Uber, Facebook, SnapChat… all these are easy to remember names.

I spent hours and hours coming up with a name that wasn’t taken. It was boring but I feel like it was worth it. I finally came up with Zonifer.com.

Here are some ways to come up with a name:

Use a dictionary to find words you like and then change a few letters. (e.g. conifer then I switched the “c” with a “z”)

Create a list of words you like and look for synonyms on Thesaurus.com.

Hosting

My favorite hosting is siteground. They offer you a free domain name with every package so you don’t need to purchase a domain name desperately. Just purchase your hosting from siteground and you’ll get a free domain name.

You can chat with their support team 24/7 if you have any problems and they’ll help you.

Theme

I’ve personally used StudioPress and I like the fact that I can move the sidebar from right to left or remove it completely. I haven’t used Thesis themes but many bloggers seem to like it. Both StudioPress and Thesis Themes have SEO benefits.

SEO Optimization

URL: Go to Settings > Permalinks and under Common Settings select “Post Name”. This is the most SEO friendly URL.

Speed: Try not to download many plugins as they can slow down your blog. Also make sure to reduce your image sized before uploading any images. You can use tinypng.com or download WP Smush or both. Also you need W3 Cache or WP Rocket to improve site loading speed (pick only one).

If you’ve got $39 to spare then I recommend you get WP Rocket because it’s the best.

Keywords: You’ve already downloaded Yoast SEO and you’ll be using that for keyword density. For a 1,000 word piece you should aim to use your target keyword 3-5 times and make sure at least one of them is in the first 100 words. Here’s a video on how to use Yoast SEO.